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Oakley Hall, the psychedelic country rockers out of Brooklyn, will be putting out their fourth album next week. You might remember that Pat Sullivan, who used to be Oneida's Papa Crazee, formed Oakley Hall in 2001 to explore his twangier side. The band has survived a couple of line-up changes, and one fairly nasty industrial accident (Sullivan lost a finger while working as a carpenter). In 2006, they pulled off the fairly impressive feat of releasing two really excellent ... MORE
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I don't read a lot of record reviews...there are SO many on web it gets to be sensory overload most of the time. I have a few people here on MOG that I like to read, but i usually don't read them elsewhere. I find myself spending a lot of time on record label web sites and checking out their new releases. There are a handful of labels that have street cred to burn with me, and rarely do i dislike something they release. Labels like Merge, Arts and Crafts, Sub Pop(still),... MORE
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Oakley Hall mix elements of Spacemen 3 (see “Confidence Man” on Gypsum Strings) with VU (same) and folk and roots elements, like the understated banjo on “Spanish Fandango” or harmony singing reminiscent of X’s country-esque turns. Contemporaries are My Morning Jacket, Will Oldham.
Gypsum Strings just came out on Brah! Records. Dude in Oakley Hall used to be dude in Oneida.
Listen to em here. I think these guys are great. Live show is killer too.
